New College Valley

New College Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

New College Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 17239
Name ID: 134176

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A northwest facing valley inland of Coughley Beach's cliffs, near Cape Bird, Ross Island. The valley is predominantly ice free, comprising glacial moraine of basalt and scoria. It contains streams flowing toward the shore and associated mosses and algal growth. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD13

Named For

Named because of links to Oxford College, to balance the Cambridge University names given in the Dry Valleys.

Location

Latitude:
77° 13' 15.0" S
-77.22083°
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Longitude:
166° 26' 15.0" E
166.43750°
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Altitude:
71 m
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MD13 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Oct-2001

Related information

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